soft [sonants]
Noldorin
moe
adjective. soft, pliant
liss
noun. soft
moe
adjective. soft
Quenya
milya
soft, gentle, weak
milyar
noun. soft
miquelis
soft, sweet kiss
miquelis (miquelis(s)-) noun "soft, sweet kiss" (PE16:96)
mussë
soft
mussë adj. "soft" (VT:39:17), also used as a noun (perhaps primarily in the pl. form mussi) with the same meaning as mussë tengwi, see below. (VT39:17)
mussë
adjective. soft
maxa-
verb. to cook
Sindarin
brath-
verb. to cook
mae
soft
mae (lenited vae; no distinct pl. form). Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” moe. Note: a homophone is the adverb mae = ”well”.
mae
soft
(lenited vae; no distinct pl. form). Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” moe. Note: a homophone is the adverb mae = ”well”.
mae
adjective. soft, pliant
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
Qenya
maksa
adjective. soft, pliant
Early Quenya
maksa-
verb. to cook
A verb appearing as ᴱQ. maksa- “cook” in the Qenya Lexicon under the early root ᴱ√M(B)ASA “cook, bake” (QL/59). A nearby alternate form mark- was added and then deleted.
Neo-Quenya: The root √MBAS continued to appear in Tolkien’s later writings, so I would retain ᴺQ. maxa- “cook” for purposes of Neo-Quenya from primitive ✱mbaskā-. The verbal suffix -kā is very unusual, and maxa- might instead be derived from an ancient noun or adjective.
maswa
adjective. soft, cooked, ripe
Gnomish
brath-
verb. to cook
Old Noldorin
maiga
adjective. soft, pliant
Middle Primitive Elvish
mazgā
adjective. soft, pliant
Doriathrin
maig
adjective. soft, pliant
An adjective meaning “soft, pliant” derived from primitive ᴹ✶mazgā (EtyAC/MASAG). It had essentially the same development as the noun maig “dough” (from ᴹ✶mazgē), because in both cases the primitive final vowel vanished without further effect.
Early Noldorin
gwag
adjective. soft
milya (1) adj. "soft, gentle, weak" (VT45:34)